29 September 2006
At about 12:50pm on Friday 29 September 2006 a power spike occured effecting multiple house holds in Tiki Sreet, and neighbouring streets wuch as Komaru Street, and Raumati Road. The Tiki Street power spike was caused by Abernethy contractors (09 276 9683) doing drainage work along the Street. A witness living at 32 Ara Street saw a dump truck tipper get snagged on power lines. Contractors then used another piece of machinary to try to remove the snagged powerlines without notifying Vector energy or cutting off power. Power lines were severed and a power spike and subsequent brownout occurred. At least 20 houses in the area had several to almost all plugged in appliances destroyed (items such as fridge, washing machine, TV, DVD player, laptop transformers etc) due to the voltage spike, and switchboards and sockets burnt out. Effected items just had to be connected to the wall, not necessarily running at the time. The contact person at Vector Limited is Sue Aniss available (09 978 7788 DDI, 021 418 412 CEL) or via the Vector Faults phone number 0508 832 867. Vector Limited have been proactive and offering a free check and repair of housing circuitboard and electrical systems. This includes a tally of items completely destroyed and malfunctioning due to partial damage, along with a letter stating the fault was due to a power surge for insurance purposes. The contact name and number for this service is Delia ph 832 5190 (wk). Types of items effected include surge protectors, electric garage doors washing machines that cannot complete a heavy load anymore, sockets burn't, baby monitors fried, and shaving 110V sockets blown. The insurance company to lodge a claim with is; Axion insurance Co PO BOX 74547 Market Road Auckland Claim # 8117075 Vector Limited reference 1/72914985 Vector Limited apparently will be offering a rebate on power to households effected by the inconvienience. |
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